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Hello mate :)

Hello man,

After about a year, at last my innocence regarding that sock puppet menace got solved. It got proven that I'm indeed (yeeey what a surprise..) unrelated tons guy on the other side of the world. It took some time, but well yeah, we both know not all moderators here are as capable as you expect them to be (you experienced it yourself :p)

In any case, I'm back, and have already fixed/expanded a lot of articles were both interested in (mostly referring to Iran, Caucasus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, history of the Caucasus, etc) Already crested some new articles too I guess you'd appreciate as well :)

I don't know when you will read this or whether you will ever read this, but consider returning back. I'm here now as well, and we could aid and help each other in continuing creating some good stuff here. I read the complaint made about you at that admin section, and I was seriously astonished how someone can call your efforts here as "worthless". You created 300+ articles and have single handedly contributed more to Iranian, Caucasian, etc history than anyone else here in the past 1-2 years.

Anyway, write back when you happen to read this. Please ping me as well if you do so. :)

Bye for now mate.

LouisAragon (talk) 11:31, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

- That is great! you're contributions have been great, and I am glad to see that you can continue them. Funny, the only reason I am here because I had a dream about Wiki for some weird reason, oh well.

- Yeah, that really sucks :/, but sadly some people will always remain ungrateful. Many of those articles I have created/expanded have probably been invaded by vandals (the ones which are Pre-Islamic are most likely fine, but I am 100% sure that the post-Islamic ones are not, since I had to revert edits in those articles every single day, which is one of the majority reasons that I decided to quit, because the amount of vandals/pan-Turks attacking so many good articles was getting disturbing), but keep up the great work mate! you're doing a great thing here. Hopefully your contributions will get more attention and respect.

- By the way, I still have many (if not all) of the sources which I used back when I was active - if you're interested in those, I will gladly send them to you. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:58, 25 April 2015 (UTC)

Hey man! Good to see such a quick response mate! didn't expect that especially after reading your page, haha.

A weird dream about Wiki eh? You know what that means right? It means you gotta return and take up the shovel together with me. Don't forget that together we stand stronger. ;)

Yeah, unfortunately Wikipeia attracts aloooooot of vandals. It's the most used reference on the net, we can't forget that. In all those months I had to wait before getting unblocked (and that incompetent no-brainer reverting all my hard-work in the meantime..) I saw what for a hard time you were getting from many different sides. I hoped I could help you there, but alas, I was not in the situation where I could do so.

The thing with Wiki is, you gotta play it smart. I know there are so many pan-turks/pan-iranists/pan-X types of people (though the first one mentioned beats all of them in terms of quantity) but if you give in mentally, like that you're getting annoyed etc, it will only play against you.

I can't believe user Parishan seriously wanted a topicban for you considering you created more articles for his/her native Azerbaijan (?) than he/she ever will in the coming years to come. Oh well. We'll try fix that ban for you when you return.

One tip btw I'd do myself if I were you. Make a box on your userpage that lists ALL articles you've ever made. By doing that you won't get no-brainer users/moderators or whatever saying you are no use to the communnity. Maybe me and that mod on that topic ban discussion were/are both bad-faith assumers, but they're volunteeers after all and we can't expect every single one of them to have the same amount of precision/intellect/expertise/etc/etc. like the better moderators. It's something we have to try get along with ourselves.

I'd seriously ask you though bro, it would be so great if you returned. I waited so long to return in order to cooperate further together once again with an user that has the same views about articles have to look like and shares on top of that pretty much a very similar topic interest. If you return, you stand stronger, and I can assist you wherever you need about whatever logical thing you need assistance with. :)

I'd appreciate the sources, but again, my first answer to that would still be the text I just wrote above. ;) We really need you back here.

With that box on your userpage btw I ment something like this ]. He made 1200+ articles and has just a box there with every article listed. By that, no one can ever say he has been useless to the community or whatever similarily related bogus..

Awaiting response mate - LouisAragon (talk) 00:20, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

PS: I just created this article ] Would appreciate it alot if you could add some stuff to it, whenever you have time! ;) -LouisAragon (talk) 18:17, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

- Haha, alright mate, when you say it that way it is impossible for me to not think of a comeback on this site ;). Right now I just have upcoming exams and stuff like that, but expect me to soon start editing again. By the way, about that Circassian site, I will see what I can do in the future, I might have some sources which mention something about them and Iran, we'll see :).

- Well yeah that ban is really ridiculous, and I have even been several times accused of being a Pan-Iranian or a Turkic/Kurdish hater etc. But yet I am one of the editors who has contributed most to those kind of articles. About adding how many articles I have created, I was actually creating that sometime ago, but it got deleted for some reason. I can't remember why since I wasn't very much active during that period.

- I'll see ya soon mate. Try to avoid trouble, unlike me ;). --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:43, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Haha, that's great to hear man about your future return!!

Yeah exams and stuff of course have #1 priority (and they should have obviously), but Im happy to hear I'll get you back here again. ::Yeah that would be awsome if you have some more sources and stuff left about them! Also, some pictures/images, if you have any clue/resource as of where to get them, that would be top notch as well (f.e of Pari Khan Khanum, or the other likes)

Well what can I say dude, I totally agree with you about those nonsensical accusations, but then again, ethnic internet nationalism is the fashion of the post 2000s, lol. Combine that with incompetent moderators...well there you go.

You should def before fully returning first of all adding all your created articles and stuff on your page imo... but i guess thats something of course up to you in the very end, but I think its something that might defo help you. (or anyone with such nice contribution history here)

I will man. Looking forward to your return. ;) - LouisAragon (talk) 01:15, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for creating the page "List of Safavid Viziers". I really appreciate your efforts. Shfarshid (talk) 12:10, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

No problem mate :). Thanks for the barnstar, it makes me happy when people recognize my work. --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:00, 30 April 2015 (UTC)

Actually I tried to improve the page List of Persian Viziers after Arab conquest of Persia and incidentally found the page List of Safavid Viziers. But I think these articles need more edits. I want to know if you are active in Persian wikipedia, and I need your help. Best regards. Shfarshid (talk) 09:02, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Sadly I can't read the Persian script, so I am unavailable to help you with this one mate. :(. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:38, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

Reference fixes

Hey mate!

How's the slow start to getting back into business going so far? I'm checking your contributions now and then to see when i can jump in whenever needed :) it can be kinda annoying to start again after a long time here, hence why. Perhaps you can help me with this btw. I want to nominate this article I created not too long ago for GA very soon, but it need to have the references fixed in order to pass the review. You probably know what I mean. Something like how the references look like here; Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy. Is there any possibility you have any greater knowledge about doing this than me? I wrote someone else as well in the meantime last day but I'm afraid thats gonna take long before I get a reply. Haha

Your Wiki bud - LouisAragon (talk) 23:56, 2 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey mate :).

- It's going fine, right now I am trying to expand the Muslim conquest of Persia, therefor I have added it into this , where I can rewrite it and replace many old sources.

- Yeah I get what you mean - It is actually quite simple to do but takes annoyingly longer time than one would expect (especially when there are many sources. Even sometimes when I expand a article I skip that part or do it a more simple way, unless I want to nominate the article for GA), but don't worry - although my exams are beginning after this weekend I'm sure that I will find some time to do it. --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:53, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Aight, that's good to hear ;) Yeah, I figured out its probably some simple method doing so, but I have absolutely no clue how to do it as I've never done it before. Guess I'll get the trick after looking at how its done once. Anyway, I'll be fine I guess since I asked another person in the meantime as well. Might no one do it that time, then of course your help wont be appreciated any drop less by me. (like always haha) Btw, off-topic, what do you study? I'm actually pretty curious. Something related to history? For me history is just one of my sparetime passions (love it), but my study has absolutely nothing to do with it.

Goodnight my mate, I'm off for now.

- LouisAragon (talk) 02:54, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm studying the things you are required to to become a dentist :), such as physics etc. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:24, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon we got a little problem here: this is one of the sources you have used in the Teresia article - I have no idea what to do with it since its a self-made website (not a book or pdf, which I am more familiar in working with when I am fixing references), which although have posted the sources they have used when they wrote about her and therefor seem reliable enough. But I have no idea what to do with it. --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:36, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

ahh I see. That's a good study ;) I'm atm occupied with biomedical sciences, but will switch to med school pretty soon.

Thanks alot for fixing the references man! Really nice. Yeah, that's a tough one. I don't think it should make that much of an issue for the review though, don't you think? If that's the only ref that can't be placed like the rest.

- LouisAragon (talk) 19:11, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

- I think it will do, but I don't think it would be a issue for your review if the source got removed.

- Your welcome mate, I am not fully done yet, but I will be soon. --HistoryofIran (talk) 19:13, 3 May 2015 (UTC)

Saw what you did, thanks a lot ;) - LouisAragon (talk) 18:45, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Welcome back

I was happy to see your name in my watchlist today, after some time since you declared your withdrawal. Welcome back to active editing, and don't let silly disputes get to you. A cool head and patience will always get you through :). Constantine ✍ 15:25, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks mate :), appreciate it, especially when it comes from a user like you. I'll keep that in mind. --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:52, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

A vote

Hey,

I nominated this recently created article for deletion. The whole concept is nonsensical, and has no purpose here. You know what kind of people such bogus articles will only attract..Furthermore the content and title don't congruent, apart from the fact that it uses Wiki redirecting links as sources... Please post a vote whenever you have time mate. It's up there some days already for deletion.

- LouisAragon (talk) 18:48, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Whoops forgot to answer this, but you have probably already seen my comment in that article by now. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:25, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon: actually the Buyids managed to extent their rule as far to Afghanistan and Pakistan under 'Adud al-Dawla (an article expanded by me and could have received GA if I wasn't so lazy), where the Buyids reached their greatest extent :). Although they did not directly administrate eastern regions such as Sistan, but instead controlled from their vassals (the Saffarids) . --HistoryofIran (talk) 23:37, 4 May 2015 (UTC)

Hey mate! Yeah I saw your comment on that page. Thanks for notifying me however ;)

About the Buyids...hmmm.. I think we could mention that somewhere lower down the article, or perhaps mentioning that on 'Adud al-Dawla's page which should be enough. What do you think? I checked some sources and the main playfield seems to be only in what is today Iraq-Iraq and to a lesser extent area's around Syria/Turkey/Oman. Imo, it's undue weight for the lede especially as those territories were only acquired through vassalship, and didn't really play much of a role in the Buyids their lifetime. - LouisAragon (talk) 00:10, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Then again, it says "greatest extent", which we both know what means. A good example is the Sasanian Empire, where it mentions what they ruled at their greatest extent, even if it wasn't for that long - it's normal to see these kind of things. Furthermore, the Buyids also had vassals in southern Iraq and around those parts, so I don't really think it makes a difference :). Other good examples would be the Samanids, Ghaznavids, the Seljuq Empire and the Abbasid Caliphate. Many of these dynasties had vassals, who of course are considered as part of their territory. Especially the Samanids and Seljuqs. --HistoryofIran (talk) 00:29, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon: The fixing of the references of Teresia is complete :). --HistoryofIran (talk) 12:16, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks alot man, saw it ;) Appreciate it. Btw, do you have an email adress that you could link me? I wanted to discuss something about that article you mentioned you wanted to create some time ago. You probably know which one I mean ;) - LouisAragon (talk) 19:24, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

I'll answer you tomorrow mate! going to sleep now since I have exams tomorrow :) (and I am having some issues with having access to my email right now, but it will be probably fixed tommorow). --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:09, 5 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon: Sorry for the late answer, take a look on my. --HistoryofIran (talk) 16:30, 7 May 2015 (UTC)

Sent! ;) - LouisAragon (talk) 22:22, 8 May 2015 (UTC)

Let me know what you think of the topic proposals I just sent you and we can start. If you got any other ideas, I'll hear them gladly ;) - LouisAragon (talk) 15:13, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Btw, HistoryofIran. I've nominated that Teresia Sampsonia Khan for GA one day ago. What do you think about the lede? Should I add/remove something? What do you think of the way I've put her names in the first sentence? Is that alright? She was born as Sampsonia Khan, after being baptized she adopted the first name Teresia/Teresa, and after being married to Robert Shirley she took his surname, namely Shirley. I've put that all in the lede, but if you think something should be moved etc, feel free to do so. Everything to pass the nomination I guess eh. ;) - LouisAragon (talk) 17:27, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon: I think the lede looks fine. It's a good detail that you added the names she had her in lifetime, I usually do the same in the articles I create/expand. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:31, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

Aight that's good to hear man. I was thinking of perhaps removing the name she was born with as its also added in the body but if you think its fine, I'll keep it. Did you read my last mail btw? - LouisAragon (talk) 22:38, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon: Yep, I've sent a reply. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:52, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

LouisAragon: I've sent a reply once more, check it out, I'm sure you will find it quite helpful :). --HistoryofIran (talk) 23:18, 9 May 2015 (UTC)

User:HistoryofIran, I just recently created this article Mohammad Baqer Mirza. Would you mind adding/improving it whenever you have some spare time? I feel like he will make a good addition to our Safavid-subject articles. - LouisAragon (talk) 02:15, 11 May 2015 (UTC)

Chronology of Boran and Azarmidokht

Hi there,

In the source you have cited, Pourshariati's argument, is very conjectural. Since her claim that Boran had two separate reigns, is not the default (generally accepted) chronology, it is best to at least present both views in the article. Her choice of sources is highly debatable but not objectionable. To see criticism of her claim see, for instance, Dr. Daryaee's review of her book.

As it stands, there is a contradiction in your current edit. The paragraph begins with: "After the murder of Azarmidokht by Rostam Farrokhzad, the latter restored Boran to the throne". At the end of the same paragraph it says: " Her sister, Azarmidokht, was then placed on the throne"! The article needs to be consistent.

Furthermore, I believe your removing of the rest of my edit was uncalled for, because I had also added the etymology of Azarmidokht's name (something that can easily be verified by Encyclopaedia Iranica, or the paper by Dr. Daryaee). Additionally I attempted to paraphrase parts of the article that been directly copied from various sources, thus constituting copyright violation. Lastly, I removed the details of Azarmidokht's fate from Boran's article simply to avoid having the same paragraph appear in two different articles.

Thank you. --Grinevitski (talk) 14:53, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

Grinevitski: Sorry mate I didn't mean to rude or anything about that revert. Furthermore I don't really have time to discuss right now since I am very busy. Maybe later. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:28, 13 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm back (I think): I have already seen Daryaee's review, and too many times he did not state properly/detailed why he didn't agree with Pourshariati, and just because he disagrees with some things doesn't mean that the source of Pourshariati is unreliable, since it has been used by many scholars as a source etc. Shortly said, his review is very poor. --HistoryofIran (talk) 11:17, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

It is not very encyclopedic to present only the views of one particular scholar. Especially given that her view differs from the widely held consensus among Iranologists. Furthermore, I disagree. Daryaee cites various Zoroastrian Pahlavi texts (Khodayname) stating that Arab invasion began no earlier than Yazdgerd's time, and not in Boran's time as Pourshariati asserts. He further references Syriac sources claiming that she was indeed long dead by the time of the Arab conquest. Pourshariati's idea of Boran's double regency is speculation. As she attempts to reconcile numismatic evidence with various contradictory Islamic sources, to support her hypotheses she cherry-picks from sources that support her assertion while ignoring others. Anyway, my other contributions to the article need to be restored (this includes the significance of her name, my paraphrasing of copyrighted material present in the article, removal of Azarmidokht's fate from Boran's article, etc.). Thanks. Grinevitski (talk) 09:22, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Question

Do you know what a "sahib al-band" is? From what I can figure it is a position/title of some sort, maybe? --Kansas Bear (talk) 02:31, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Kansas Bear: I probably once knew, but not anymore. Anyway, I tried to search for its meaning and found this , so it seems you were right. --HistoryofIran (talk) 15:02, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. --Kansas Bear (talk) 16:04, 27 May 2015 (UTC)

Talkback

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Mohammad Tahir Vahid Qazvini

Dear HistoryofIran, I want to tell you I'm really happy to find out you are writing more about History of Iran and I appreciate your efforts. I'm trying to make a list of Viziers of Persia in Persian and your list help me a lot. I have found a lot of names, and I'm trying to organize them. I hope I'll improve the list that you have started. For example the last vizier of Shah Sultan Hosayn was Mohammad-qoli khan Bigdeli Shamlu (E'temad al-dawleh) and Mirza Talib Khan served two times as vizier. One time for Abbas I after his father (Hatim Beg Urdubadi) death and another time for Safi of Persia. Shfarshid (talk) 20:49, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

No problem mate. Makes me happy when I see people such as you appreciating my work. --HistoryofIran (talk) 20:54, 5 June 2015 (UTC)

Artin Mehraban about Afsharid map

Dear HistoryofIran I think we should further discuss you replacing my edited map of the Afsharid empire. As I said before the map you put does not include the fact that (on top of the map you put) he also conquered the khanate of Bukhara, the khanate of Khiva, and the sultanate of Muscat, and that is not an opinion. These 3 kingdoms are mentioned as belligerents in the wikipedia article about the Naderian wars. -Artin Mehraban — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artin Mehraban (talk • contribs) 01:21, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Sorry Artin, but it is you who need to state why you first of all change my picture by uploading another one and copy-pasting several inaccurate maps to several articles. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:41, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

I beleived my map was right (of course we are already discussing this on my talk page) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artin Mehraban (talk • contribs) 01:47, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Dear HistoryofIran I read the book: History of inner asia and it says mohhamad hakim bi submitted to nadir shah (exact sentence: Nadir Shah, the new ruler of Iran, crossed the Amu Darya and, accepting the submission of Muhammad Hakim Bi) It says naders name and it says he crossed the amu darya aka oxus river so your map is wrong because it shows the oxus as a border. It then says mohhamed hakim bi submitted to nadir. After a search i found he was king of the manghit dynasty which controlled the khanate of bukhara. here is the link to the page of the book: http://librarun.org/book/63545/195. I will add this data to the afsharid empire page. I really want to thank you, because now wikipedia has solid evidence from a university book, that nader shah had in fact crossed the amu darya aka oxus and that he conquered more of central asia than originally beleived. Here is the link: http://librarun.org/book/63545/195.

-Artin Mehraban — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artin Mehraban (talk • contribs) 03:17, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I appreciate your contribution to Iranian history Persia10101 (talk) 01:46, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome :), I'm always here to contribute as best as I can. --HistoryofIran (talk) 22:42, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	I appreciate your contributions to Iranian histrory, related articles on wikipedia (even though we are discussing the matter of the afsharid map Artin Mehraban (talk) 01:50, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

	The Original Barnstar
	Though we had conflicting beliefs, we seem to have the same goal regarding Iranian history. I want to thank you for asking me to find a source, because i did and i am now working to use that source to give references to the countless times Misplaced Pages articles mention Nader shahs conquest of the khanates of Bukhara and Khiva. Artin Mehraban (talk) 03:35, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

You're welcome. --HistoryofIran (talk) 13:27, 7 June 2015 (UTC)

Well...

I will probably be blocked for a bit, after giving Qara Xan a taste of his own medicine(Personal Attacks). Though, I was upset that I was only able to use "fucking" eight times in my response. Dammit. --Kansas Bear (talk) 21:41, 9 June 2015 (UTC)